Schumacher is highest paid athlete

Sports briefs

NEW YORK -- Tiger Woods might be No. 1 in golf, but when it comes to money in sports he's a runner-up.

Formula One driving champion Michael Schumacher heads Forbes Magazine's list of the highest paid athletes for the year 2000 with $59 million in earnings.

That was $6 million more than Woods, who won three of the four major golf championships last year. Woods made $9 million on the PGA Tour and, with endorsements, his income for the year reached $53 million.

Heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson, who won three fights last year, is third with $48 million, almost half of that from a $20 million settlement of a conflict-of-interest lawsuit. He was followed by former Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan at $37 million, much of it from his IMAX film, which grossed $15 million in the United States.

Grant Hill, who signed a free agent contract with the Orlando Magic but has missed almost all of the NBA season because of injury, is fifth at $26 million.

Auto racer Dale Earnhardt, killed two weeks ago in the Daytona 500, came in sixth with $24.5 million.

Completing the top 10 were Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers ($24 million); boxers Lennox Lewis and Oscar De La Hoya ($23 million each); and Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves ($21 million).

The top woman on the list is tennis star Martina Hingis, 22nd with $11 million. She was followed by four other women tennis players: Anna Kournikova and Venus Williams ($10 million each), Serena Williams ($7.5 million) and Lindsay Davenport ($6 million).

Horse shot on Nolan Richardson's farm

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas men's basketball coach Nolan Richardson said Thursday it was time to re-evaluate his career after someone recently wounded a horse at his farm.

''I've been here 16 years. The first year here, my daughter was dying of leukemia and I had a bomb threat at my house,'' Richardson said. ''Last year, somebody cut the manes on my horses. Somebody shot one of my horses with a high-powered rifle Monday morning. I feel like a cat with nine lives.''